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    House passes major drug-pricing bill, a Democratic salvo in a showdown far from over

    by Lev Facher Dec 12, 2019 2 minutes
    House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose deputies shaped the drug-pricing legislation, joined other Democratic lawmakers earlier this fall in urging the House of Representatives to pass it.

    WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Thursday passed sweeping legislation to lower prescription drug prices, marking the latest volley in a health care debate that has animated progressives, Republican lawmakers, pharmaceutical industry groups, and the Trump administration throughout the year. With the GOP-majority Senate certain to ignore Democrats’ bill, however, the high-stakes showdown over drug prices is far from over.

    Democrats project that their bill, which would require

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